[3] The consortium led by Todd Boehly, chairman and CEO of Eldridge Industries, and Clearlake Capital, announced completion of the ownership transfer of Chelsea on the 30 May 2022.
[9] The blues spent more than £250 million on players such as: Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
[18] Chelsea's form dropped after Lampard took over and produced a first bottom-half finish since 1996 and a record low tally of points and goals scored in the Premier League era.
[21] Pochettino led Chelsea to a 6th-place finish after winning their final five games of the 2023–24 season, which earned the club a Conference League play-off round qualification.
[22] After clashing with the sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley over strategy and management of the young squad,[23][24][25][26] Pochettino agreed to leave the club at the end of the season.
[31] A week later, he achieved his first win as Chelsea manager in the Premier League by thrashing Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–2 thanks to a hat-trick from Noni Madueke and other goals scored by Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and João Félix.
Better results in following matches, with three consecutive wins over Bournemouth, West Ham and Brighton, led to the best start in a Premier League season by the club since 2021.